Plot: This film tells the story of a married couple who get married while concealing their sexual orientation. Their same-sex interests are unknown to both families. Will their marriage last after they get married? Will their relatives learn about their situation? Would they have a child as a result of giving in to family pressure? You must watch the film to find out the answers to all of these questions.
Tone and Theme: This movie has a light-hearted yet impactful comedy-drama tone. Moreover, the theme revolves around love, relationships and emotions. In addition to providing entertainment, the film also aims to raise awareness of the social issues surrounding our children’s hesitation to openly discuss marriage with their parents. Specifically, it addresses their reasons for not wanting to get married, who they should marry if they do choose to marry, and whether our society is truly prepared to tolerate such relationships.
Acting and Characters: Rajkummar Rao has played a complex role of Shardul very honestly. His acting completely immersed in the character, he has tried to give his 100% to his acting. He looks helpless by keeping the pain of hiding his real identity within himself, but is unable to do anything. The emotions that reflected on his face through his acting are superb.
Bhumi Pednekar‘s acting as Suman is also top class, she has also done complete justice to her role, the grief, sadness, pain that she was able to pour out on her face by hiding her identity, no one can understand. She has acted very well in emotional scenes. Gulshan Devaiah‘s acting as Narayan is also good.
Chum Darang does a fantastic job portraying Rimjhim. Sheeba Chaddha has also performed admirably in the part of Mrs. Thakur. I didn’t see any errors in her performance. She did a Spectacular task to characterize her part. Every member of the supporting cast has contributed to moving the plot of the movie along.
Direction: Harshavardhan Kulkarni is the director of this movie. Interestingly, he directed the movie Hunter(2015) prior to this one. Furthermore, he did a stunning job directing this movie as well. Similarly, he handled the complexities of the story with remarkable finesse. Not only that, but he also narrates the story in a totally unique and engaging way. However, the movie progresses a little slowly at times. Despite this, he managed to elicit excellent performances from all the actors, making it a commendable directorial effort.
Story: Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary wrote the film unconventional. Writing a story this complicated is not simple. It has written in an entirely original and different style.
The screenplay by Akshat Ghildial, Suman Adhikary, and Harshavardhan Kulkarni is exceptional; it is strong in all aspects, including character development, movement and facial expressions, the film’s plot, scene endings, and dialogue.
Dialogues: Akshat Ghildial”s each one skilfully crafted to fit the characters.
Cinematography: The film shot well by Swapnil S. Sonavane.
The camera frames has used properly.
Kirti Nakhwa‘s editing is passable; however, there are slow moments and dull scenes in the movie. Some scenes could have cut to shorten the movie’s duration.
Production Design: It’s fine by Laxmi Kaluskar
The sound design by Anish John is excellent.
The costume design by Rohit Chaturvedi is splendid.
Music: Amit Trivedi, Ankit Tiwari, Tanishik Bagchi, Khamosh Shah the movie is alright, and the songs are good.
Additionally, the lyrics are well-written by Varun Grover, Anvita Dutt, Vayu, Azeem Shirazi, Anurag Bhomia.
Hitesh Sonik‘s background score is fantastic; it fits the tone and plot of the movie perfectly.
The choreography by Vijay Ganguly is passable.
68th Filmfare Awards Nominations: Film got 14 nominations- Best Actor, Best Actor (Critics), Best Actress, Best Actress (Critics), Best Film, Best Film (Critics), Best Story, Best Screenplay, Best Dialogue, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Playback Singer (Male)
And film succeed to win 6 filmfare awards- Best Film (Critics), Best Actor(Rajkummar Rao), Best Actress (Critics) (Bhumi Pednekar), Best Supporting Actress (Sheeba Chaddha), Best Story (Akshat Ghildial, Suman Adhikary), Best Screenplay (Akshat Ghildial, Suman Adhikary)
Climax: The movie’s climax is exquisite and quite unique.
Viewpoint: Only Watch Once! No doubt film is crafted very well but audiences specially LGBTQ will love and like this film.
Flaws: Did Shardul’s mother catch Suman and Rimjhim having sex with the door open?
It is difficult to accept this scene; it is a grave error. Given that it is a work of fiction, you can disregard it.
Social Message: Is our culture truly prepared to embrace real-life LGBTQ relationships? Furthermore, aren’t individuals entitled to marry whomever they choose? Moreover, is there any assurance that marriages will endure over the long term, especially if they are consummated without a clear understanding of mutual interest? Additionally, is our culture ready to watch these kinds of movies with family members? Although our nation has not yet legalized such marriages, it remains uncertain whether this will change in the future.
Film Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar, Seema Pahwa, Sheeba Chaddha, Gulshan Devaiah (Spl Appearance), Chum Darang, Late Nitesh Pandey and Loveleen Mishra
Director: Harshavardhan Kulkarni, Producer: Vineet Jain
Screenplay: Akshat Ghildial, Suman Adhikary, Harshavardhan Kulkarni, Story: Akshat Ghildial, Suman Adhikary, Dialogues: Akshat Ghildial
Co-Directors: Kirti Nakhwa, Prateek Vats, Cinematography: Swapnil S Sonavane ISC
Editor: Kirti Nakhwa, Production Design: Laxmi Kaluskar, Sound Design: Anish John
Costume Design: Rohit Chaturvedi, Casting Director: Shiv Chauhan, Ashish Khare
Music: Amit Trivedi, Ankit Tiwari, Tanishik Bagchi, Khamosh Shah, Choreography: Vijay Ganguly
Lyrics: Varun Grover, Anvita Dutt, Vayu, Azeem Shirazi, Anurag Bhomia
CBFC-U/A Movietime-2h.27mins Genre-Comedy Drama Backdrop-Dehradun & Haldwani(Uttarakhand) Release Year-11 February 2022
